tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668185462378784957.post4472199363810277110..comments2024-03-14T10:19:29.182-07:00Comments on Mail Art Discussion: 35) Do you believe that computer generated mail art is a more unclear form of mail art?Ruud Janssenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10405851031473598283noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668185462378784957.post-8372776117393341032009-02-26T17:50:00.000-08:002009-02-26T17:50:00.000-08:00I have been in Mail-Art since Nov. 2007 and I am j...I have been in Mail-Art since Nov. 2007 and I am just a baby crawling around on the carpet and trying to stand up. At this point, I am only familiar with getting Mail-Art in the mail. Computer generated mail will not be a problem for me since I won't be using this medium to express myself since I am totally computer-illiterate.Wilma Duguayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11058595220429627136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668185462378784957.post-78556782419016581142007-12-29T13:23:00.001-08:002007-12-29T13:23:00.001-08:00Mail-Art is a conceptual art-form. Which way the c...Mail-Art is a conceptual art-form. Which way the computer is used depends on your views and ideas. The ideas I read here are all interesting. Mail-Art isn't restricted to the envelope and card. All communicationsforms tend to come together in Mail-Art. I wrote before that I rather like the word communication-art instead of mail-art.Ruud Janssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10405851031473598283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668185462378784957.post-34715758230528708852007-12-29T13:11:00.000-08:002007-12-29T13:11:00.000-08:00i think, e-mail art is different, that's why i wou...i think, e-mail art is different, that's why i would call it e-mail art, not mail art :-) <BR/><BR/>but if i have a second look, there is another aspect in Ashley's question: the computer as a tool and uniqueness.<BR/><BR/>imagine i send you an e-mail-art-card (e.g. 10x15cm, the standard post card size) and you print it on a colour ink printer, using your favorite paper (may be this fine paper you once bought in this little italian shop). does this change s.th.? does the e-mail- become a mail art card?<BR/><BR/>no? now, if this materialization doesn't make it mail art - what than? the stamp on it? the fact, that a human being brought it to you? <BR/><BR/>or put it another way: what, if i have a brilliant (cough, cough) idea and compose a card on my computer. than i print this card and send it to one person (may be i write a "hello" on the back of the card) - is this a mail art card?<BR/><BR/>well: may be. though it is quite near to a post card, but of course, there is my idea on it.<BR/><BR/>now, what if i print this card with the brilliant motive 10 times and send it to ten people - still mail art?<BR/><BR/>and next to this: how unique has a mail art card to be? is it unique enough to send it to special people?<BR/><BR/>i sent a card to Ruud: showing a photo from Saigon by night (this is one of ten motives i found on the internet). i decorated it with a JFK stamp (i bought some 50 different JFK stamps esp. for this card serie called "good guy - bad guy"). of course, this makes a kind of collage, including a little message (though 3 of 4 friends of mine asked me when i have been to Saigon...). now, i am not sure, if this is mail art. or just a collage, sent by snail mail. though i choose for every person a special card and combine it with a special JFK stamp.<BR/><BR/>i read quite a few things about mail art in the last months and i am still not sure about it :-) so, these are my questions concerning my practice (and, of course, there is the even bigger question: if new and having not network yet - to whom can i send my cards. because i don't want to become a mail art stalker, you know :-) )<BR/><BR/>may be i know more next year :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668185462378784957.post-18182868272665560122007-12-23T14:42:00.000-08:002007-12-23T14:42:00.000-08:00quote :... e-mails will never be mail art ...... c...<I>quote :<BR/>... e-mails will never be mail art ...<BR/>... communication o.k. but not art ...<BR/>... which you can hold in your hands ...</I><BR/><BR/>First of all I like my mail delivered by a postman (or woman)<BR/><BR/>But declare that art is "something I can hold in my hands" is way too simple..<BR/>What would Bach, Charlie Parker or Frank Zappa think of this statement??Kat van Trollebolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03848851606874295263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668185462378784957.post-85905021707290828642007-12-20T05:25:00.000-08:002007-12-20T05:25:00.000-08:00... I just can underline the statements from Ruud ...... I just can underline the statements from Ruud ...<BR/>... e-mails will never be mail art ...<BR/>... communication o.k. but not art ...<BR/>... which you can hold in your hands ...<BR/>regards<BR/>rolandRoland Halbritterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15655383584182983756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668185462378784957.post-72056811703628076662007-12-19T09:46:00.000-08:002007-12-19T09:46:00.000-08:00For me Mail-Art still has to do with the communica...For me Mail-Art still has to do with the communication system. The electronic version generates only bits and bytes which can only be seen on a screen. The trsitional mail-art can be held in the hand, touched, smelled, and manipulated the 'old-fashioned' way. Yes, there is a difference. An e-mail I don't consider mail-art......Ruud Janssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10405851031473598283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668185462378784957.post-81794983515083805272007-12-19T07:25:00.000-08:002007-12-19T07:25:00.000-08:00I believe that due to the Internet mail art is com...I believe that due to the Internet mail art is commonly misunderstood due to projects that have branched off and been influenced by mail art. I personally feel that traditional mail art has a very unique look and that mail art created on computers does not hold this same individuality.Ashley O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02974458174178326840noreply@blogger.com